Two Dutch many ’s and the structure of pseudo-partitives
This article discusses the syntax and semantics of Dutch pseudo-partitive constructions with measure nouns, such as 'drie liter water' ‘three liters of water’. The major empirical puzzle is the distribution of two Dutch instances of 'many'/'much': 'veel' and 'vele'. Unlike earlier proposals, I analyze 'veel' as a gradable adjective, and 'vele' as a numeral. It turns out that in pseudo-partitives with pure measure readings, only 'vele' can freely occur ('veel liters water' only allows a marked “liter-bottle” reading). This is puzzling, because 'veel' is otherwise allowed both with mass and coun... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Glossa, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2017) |
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Open Library of Humanities
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Schlagwörter: | pseudo-partitive / many / scalarity / measure nouns / Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar / P101-410 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26626030 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.276 |